That is one of the odd things about the symphony dongle- it won't run a media composer. Kinda annoying.
As far as the theory about dumping the product, that's just silly. There's no real physical 'inventory' since it's a digital download, so whats to dump? They're very likely just trying to repeat the success of last year's competitive upgrade. I'm sure the emphasis is on getting users from FCP, and burying more adrenalines and meridiens.
Also, David C. Has clearly said on this forum that the need for upgrading the symphony color corrector has their attention. I'm not sure how much more he can say, nor can I find his specific email, but it was beyond 'implication.' Let's hope Avid development teams work as fast as the teams at black magic.
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On Apr 21, 2012, at 7:59 AM, "blafarm" <blafarm@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "David Yardley" <yardley.david@...> wrote:
> > I suspect that the incredible deal now available on the Symphony ??>crossgrade has something to do with Baselight AVX appearing on the >horizon.
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> That's a somber hypothesis; because it suggests that Avid recognizes that the "shelf life" of Symphony's CC Tool is quickly expiring -- and that it's time to "fire sale" product upgrades while an argument can still be made for its value proposition. I hope your theory is not true.
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> As much as I would like to, I can't access Universal Mastering (no Nitris DX). At the same time, I also require more features than the somewhat antiquated Symphony CC Tool offers. However, going forward, I would not want to be on the short-end of the stick in terms of NEW features -- if Avid ever gets around to actually differentiating the products in a meaningful way.
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> Hard decision. Because, at least in the near term, I'd be paying $1k for the only two differentiating features separating MC and Symphony -- and I can't use one of them -- and, as much as I really respect and appreciate the time-saving capabilities of the other, it doesn't offer the features my clients require.
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> And even worse, I can't backstep that Symphony upgrade to MC -- which means I can't just walk into another facility and use my dongle to activate one of their extra MC computer platforms (which has happened several times in the past).
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